Nureddin, a correspondent for Sputnik Arabic, was attacked while filming a demining operation in the residential district next to the Great Mosque of al-Nuri.
"The attacker had a M16-type rifle and was located in a small room with a hole in the roof in a primary school in the old part of Mosul," Nureddin said.
"The soldier received five injuries in the leg, back and lost a finger. I suffered bruises, while running to a safe place in the basement of the school," Nureddin explained.
The reporter noted that the gunman continued to shoot after those injured hid in the burnt cars in the school's backyard. Nureddin suggested that the attacker was a sniper.
The correspondent was taken from the scene by the units of Iraqi counter-terror forces.
"We were delivered to a hospital of al-Nuri mosque where we received first aid. The serviceman was sent to a US hospital, where bullets were extracted from his body after which he will be sent to Baghdad for treatment," the correspondent concluded.
